The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-29
TIIE#UNION BRIDGE.
LYNCH AND COCHRAN
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Still Ia tho CITY, and They Confer With q
Large Number of Manufacturers and
Y Other Heavy shippers-Tho Present
ID Status Of tho roJsct-Ths Report.

Mennrs. Cochran and Lynch, the gentle.
men who have In hand the Union bridge
project, are still in the city, Yesterday
they met in m informal way u large mum.
Der Of the manufacturers, jobberu and
other heavy rccoivern and shippers Of
freight. Tho local union committee Of
Council, the County Commissioners and
tho Chamber Of Commerce into whose
hands this matter was committed on be.
hall Of tho city and county, yesterday
handed to Mr.. Lynch statement Of the
matters concerning which he desired 10
DO informed. The impression Of mem.
bers Of tho committee was that tho report
would aurprise and please Mr.. Lynch and
those whom he repreaents, and lead
to tho aubmlssion by .hese gontls.
men 10 the committee Of a liberal and
acceptable proposition for the conatruc.
ton Of the bridge. ~ X '!3iitiA 3's.I
The question has been raised md dis.
cuseed with general inherent, as to what
connections can be occurred Tor the Eat II
the bridge Ia built. AS stated when Mr..
Lynch was here before, one OF tho leading
coke manufacturer of the Oonnslsyi)ls
district has expressed his Willingness to
subscribe literally and to uss bis influence
to induce other coke manufacturers to
subscribe liberally to the stock Of q bridge
company bore on condition that road
we're secured from the coke region Ia
Wheeling and via Wheeling to the West,
so that the Csnnelsville coke mon could
| by this route eecure an outlet 10 the mar.
keta Of the West. r
In view Of this feeling on the part OF the
coke operators and Of thogrsst dea!rability
OF securing q new road to the Connalsvillt
district, the manufacturer Of this city
were invited to confer with Mr.. Lynch
He deaired to havo the local committee
sound them as to what interest thsy would
show In a coke railroad prof. The
chairman Of tho committee, Dr.. Logan
and other members Of the subcommittee
considered 1t moro Satisfactory and lst az
easy 10 have the manufacturers them
selyes meet face to face with Mr.. Lynch
A majority OF tho iron and steel manuac
tuYers hud talks with him yesterday a
tho Mcclure house, tho result Of which
seensd to entirely satisfactory, although
none Of tha gentlemen interested proved
very communicative when approached by
reporters. The only objection my body
urged to the idea Of q new coke, rsilioat
wsa the difficulty OF securing an entrance
into the midst OF the coke field 80 as tt
bring about competition among all the
operators for the trade supplied by the
road. This objection Of course has not {
great deal Of weight. .s
Meesrs. Lynch and Cochran will remain
here for a dGy or two longer, and viii
spend tho time gsttIng the views OF th,
people here ana looking over the ground
1t Ia impossible to tell yet how long it vii
be before the capitalists represented b,
Mr.. Lynch will DO prepared 10 submit {
proposition to the public here, and az i'm
possible to tell in advance anything abou
what sum this city or county, or both
will DO asked to subscribe. 1t is estimated
that ouch a bridge as Is contemplated b,
all parties would cost in thes
days about thrce.quarters OF milliol
dollSrs, With euch approaches a
would render it accessible. AS state'
in the papeyp some time sg
those whom MIR. Lynch represents, II the,
e1gsge in constructing the bridge, will 6
in IS a business ,inveatment, and will OK
ipcct the money subscribed by the tsx
payers to be invested in the same way
every dollar pat in representing just a
great proportion OF the STOCK az an.
other dollars; so that il the. bridge prove
q paying investment it will return to tn
public dividends, besides: being yer,
good thing for the community.